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Earthjustice Action, League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, and Sierra Club Announce Six-Figure Ad Buy Urging Senate to Confirm President Biden’s Judicial Nominees
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Earthjustice Action, League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF), and the Sierra Club announced a six-figure digital ad campaign urging key U.S. Senators to continue confirming President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees as quickly as possible. The effort highlighted…
Tell Your Senators to Confirm Judicial Nominees Today and Help Protect Our Waters
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that more than half of the 118 million acres of wetlands in the U.S. are no longer protected by the Clean Water Act, putting precious habitats and water resources at risk. Wetlands are…
It’s Time for an Ethics Code for the Supreme Court
Photo by: Nick Wolf | Earthjustice Action Blog by: Geoff Nolan | Earthjustice Action It’s another day and another ethics scandal for the United States Supreme Court. Recently, ProPublica published a bombshell report detailing the ethical lapses of another justice…
Tell Your Senators to Confirm Judicial Nominees Today!
President Biden has made it a priority to nominate more people to the federal bench from underrepresented backgrounds in terms of race, gender, and professional experience and continues to deliver on this promise. Thus far, 129 exceptional Biden judges have…
100 Days of Environmental Attacks Under the Republican-Controlled Congress
By: Geoffrey Nolan After 100 days of controlling the U.S. House of Representatives, House Republicans haven’t been shy about showing their cards. Whether it was Speaker Kevin McCarthy caving to a list of demands from the radical right to become…
Earthjustice Action Slams Biden Administration’s Approval of the Willow Project
WASHINGTON, DC—This week the Biden Administration approved ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project, a massive drilling project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. When completed, the project will have a staggering climate impact and emit an estimated 260 million metric tons of greenhouse gases…
Tell Congress to Stop Attacking Clean Water Protections!
We all know that water is the foundation of life, and we must do everything we can to protect it. Instead of protecting our water resources, Congressional Republicans are attempting to roll back the Biden Administration’s clean water protections to…
Senate Confirms Biden’s 100th Judge in Critical Step toward Rebalancing the Judiciary
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Mendez-Miro as a district judge for Puerto Rico, making her the 100th judge nominated by President Joe Biden to be confirmed. Following the vote, Earthjustice Action Executive Director Marjorie Mulhall issued the following…
With an Expanded Democratic Senate Majority Comes Good News for Judicial Nominations
By: Geoffrey Nolan It’s the start of a new year, and a new Congress has begun in Washington, DC. With the midterm elections behind us, Earthjustice Action is ready to face the new challenges and opportunities of a politically divided…
Earthjustice Action Launches Ad Campaign Urging Swift Confirmation of Biden’s Judicial Nominees
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Earthjustice Action launched a digital ad campaign urging key U.S. Senators to confirm President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees. The ad buy urges Senators to quickly confirm Bradley Garcia, Julie Rikelman, Rachel Bloomekatz, and Nancy Abudu to the DC…
